diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 160f480e7..7f2f14cf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,21 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.43 .. Yosys 0.44-dev
+Yosys 0.43 .. Yosys 0.44
 --------------------------
+ * Various
+    - Added ENABLE_LTO compile option to enable link time
+      optimizations.
+    - Build support for Haiku OS.
+
+ * New commands and options
+    - Added "keep_hierarchy" pass to add attribute with 
+      same name to modules based on cost.
+    - Added options "-noopt","-bloat" and "-check_cost" to
+      "test_cell" pass. 
+
+ * New back-ends
+    - Added initial PolarFire support. ( synth_microchip )
 
 Yosys 0.42 .. Yosys 0.43
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 617a79c98..ac0e0507c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Haiku)
 CXXFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.43+89
+YOSYS_VER := 0.44
 
 # Note: We arrange for .gitcommit to contain the (short) commit hash in
 # tarballs generated with git-archive(1) using .gitattributes. The git repo
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline ead4718.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline ead4718.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 1dd53e954..2fdd43a31 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 project = 'YosysHQ Yosys'
 author = 'YosysHQ GmbH'
 copyright ='2024 YosysHQ GmbH'
-yosys_ver = "0.43"
+yosys_ver = "0.44"
 
 # select HTML theme
 html_theme = 'furo'